TWO MONTHS LATER

"Hmm," Will half-moaned, half-groaned.

A sliver of sunlight had found its way into the room through the curtains, illuminating a thin stretch of skin across his chest. At that precise moment, a distinctive caress began to shake him awake.

Will opened his eyes with difficulty, his eyelashes fluttering.

Just as the room came into focus, so did a large bump under the covers around his midriff.

Will frowned, trying to make sense of what he was seeing, and as he opened his mouth, he was rendered speechless by an utterly delicious wetness closing around his dick.

He hadn't even realized he was hard.

He might not have been until a few seconds ago.

He lifted the duvet just enough to see a mess of black hair spilled across his abdomen, Nico's head bobbing up and down as he sucked him.

Will smiled straight through a moan of pleasure.

He heard a small pop and shivered as Nico licked him from base to tip.

"Good morning," said Nico. "Don't mind me, just keep doing your thing."

"My thing?" Will asked, his fingers finding Nico's hair. "You mean sleeping?"

"Hm-hmm," Nico replied, his mouth full of cock. After all this time, Will still found his luck hard to believe.

"I'll stay awake if you don't mind – ah," he moaned.

Nico paid him no attention as he took him in as far as he could go, Will's cock hitting the very back of his throat and then a bit further down. When it came to sucking dick, Nico seemed to have developed an absolute resistance against gag reflexes.

"I could wake up to this every day," Will muttered, his breathing shallow. He tugged at the duvet, intent on throwing it off the bed but Nico held on to it.

"I'm working here," Nico chastised, pulling the duvet back over his head.

Will snorted. "What's that got to do with –"

"Vampires suck in the dark," Nico cut in, licking the tip of Will's cock while stroking the shaft with his right hand.

Will wanted to laugh, but instead began to mutter incoherently, his hands over Nico's ears, not so much guiding him as trying to slow him down. Will tended to spill ridiculously fast whenever Nico sucked him, which was pretty much every other day, and not necessarily in the dark.

His stamina never failed him when they had sex, but when Nico had him in his mouth, Will climaxed embarrassingly fast.

It looked like it was going to be one of those times, and if he had known how much Nico was enjoying himself down there, under the duvet, he would have come a lot faster.

Because giving Will head was Nico's ultimate favorite thing to do, and at the moment, he was completely lost in the feeling. As far as Nico was concerned, a day without sucking Will's dick was a day wasted.

"Nico –" Will moaned, his abdomen beginning to spasm with anticipation.

Nico didn't reply, he sucked him relentlessly and with so much abandon that Will wondered if Nico hadn't forgotten that Will was still there in the room with him.

Will decided it was best not to stall. The sooner he came – and he really wanted to come, the sooner he could return the favor.

It was all he could do not to cry out loud once Nico found his rhythm.

Within a few sharp intakes of breath, Will spilled his seed inside Nico's mouth, the latter measuring his pumps against Will's spasms, sucking him dry and swallowing every last drop. His dick was almost limp by the time Nico released him from his mouth.

Will chuckled just as Nico's head appeared beneath the duvet and began to crawl up Will's body.

"Happy birthday to me," said Nico, kissing Will on the cheek.

"Is it your birthday already?" Will asked. He knew it was Nico's birthday better than Nico himself – he'd been planning it for weeks.

"I can't believe you didn't wrap a ribbon around your dick, I thought you were serious last night," said Nico, feigning disappointment.

Will pulled Nico by the ears and kissed him on the lips. He smiled when Nico pressed his forehead against his.

"Early days," Will replied.

"Did you like my present?" Nico asked.

Will flicked him on the forehead. "I'm the one who's supposed to give you a present, dummy."

"You just did, it was delicious."

Will snorted.

"I swear, every time you wake me up with a blowjob I'm afraid I'm still dreaming," whispered Will against Nico's mouth.

"Should I stop?" Nico asked.

"Never," Will replied.

"Good, cause I wasn't going to."

Will chuckled, and just as Nico began to laugh, Will grabbed him around the waist and rolled them over, positioning himself directly on top.

"Whoah, tiger," Nico smiled. "You might wanna save your energy, we have a long day ahead of us."

"Hm-hmm," Will replied, tilting his head to nibble on Nico's neck.

Nico laughed. "I'm serious, I only wanted to wake you up."

"Just trying to wake you up with another present," he whispered into Nico's ear, his hands exploring Nico's body. "A proper present."

Nico bit his lip and ran his hands across Will's chest.

"Wake me up, huh? I've been up for hours, sleepy head."

Just then, a terrifying scream followed by the sound of electric guitars broke the silence, making Will jump.

"You've got to change your alarm," Will said with a frown, just as Nico pushed him onto his back and reached toward the bedside table to silence his phone, not without letting it play for a little bit.

"What? This is Immortal's Damned in Black. It's a classic," Nico replied, getting up from the bed and scrolling through some messages.

"My ringtone is a harp," said Will. Nico turned to him and raised an eyebrow.

"And that's not weird at all," he replied, a weird smirk in place.

Will smiled. Maybe it was a little weird. He rolled onto his back and threw an arm over his eyes.

God, he loved his life.

"Why did you set your alarm? I thought we were sleeping in. And why have you been up for hours?" Will asked, resting his weight on his elbow.

"Making breakfast," Nico said matter-of-factly, putting his phone in the pocket of his jeans.

Just then, Will realized Nico was fully dressed.

"Am I missing something? It's your birthday, you're making me look bad here," Will said, getting up and heading to the dresser.

Nico stopped him from opening a drawer by pressing his hip against the dresser and crossing his arms over his chest, a playful smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"My birthday," he said. "You, naked."

Will laughed incredulously.

"You want me to walk around naked all day?" he asked.

Nico smiled and pressed himself against Will, cupping his bare ass.

"Just for a bit," he said, placing an open-mouthed kiss on Will's chin. "Naked breakfast in bed." Kiss. "Then, naked shower." Kiss. "Then maybe we can get dressed, but only if we're going out."

"Naked shower?" Will smiled so widely Nico actually kissed his teeth. "Why are you dressed, then?" Will asked, tugging at Nico's pants.

"We had a, uh, special delivery this morning. You wouldn't have wanted me to open the door naked, trust me," Nico teased.

"You ordered breakfast?" Will asked.

Nico frowned. "You crazy? I made muffins, from scratch."

Will laughed. "No wonder I smelled something burning."

Nico punched him on the chest. "You laugh now, Solace. Just wait until you see what's in the living room."

Will's eyebrows flew up his forehead.

With a playful smile, Nico took Will's hand and guided him out, stark-naked, into the living room.

Will's mouth fell open when he saw a ridiculously large present taking up the space of two people. A present shaped in the unmistakable upside-down triangular form of a pedal harp, standing about six feet tall and three feet wide.

"No," Will gasped.

"Yes," Nico laughed. "Your dad says hi."

"He didn't," Will stammered.

"He did," Nico laughed, nodding seriously.

"But you don't play the harp!" Will said, smacking himself on the forehead.

"Now, now. We don't know that it is a harp," Nico said, sliding a hand over the wrapping paper. "Could be anything," he added, trying very hard to suppress a laugh at the look of utter bewilderment and disbelief Will threw his way.

"Hang on a minute," Will said, just as Nico poked a finger through the wrapping paper and pretended to peek inside. "How come I didn't hear anything? I'm a light sleeper, I'm a nurse, I –"

"I slipped you something during dinner last night," said Nico, and he positively cackled at the utterly outraged look Will gave him.

"I'm kidding!" Nico said, raising his hands innocently. "I woke up at the godforsaken crack of dawn and I didn't want to wake you, so I decided to make us breakfast. I had time, I was bored, don't give me that look. Then, just as I was whisking shit, which is super hard to do quietly, by the way, I heard a noise just outside the door." Nico smiled reminiscently just as Will looked more and more flabbergasted.

"You should have seen him," Nico said, stifling a laugh. "There he was, crouching down, scribbling a note on the floor and wearing what looked like a dead flamingo around his shoulders. Sort of like that Bjork swan dress, but pink. Bright pink."

"Oh, God, not his Pythia outfit," Will moaned, hiding his face in his palm. "He must have had a gig last night."

"You know, as a metal music producer I've seen a lot of weird shit, but I'm starting to think the real rowdy stuff goes down in harp concertos," said Nico, pulling Will's hand off his face and planting a kiss on his palm. "What have I been missing?" he asked, loving the way Will looked at him.

"He performed on my high school graduation," Will spoke, his eyes glued to the harp as if in a trance.

"No," Nico gasped, looking horrified.

"A surprise performance," he added.

"No!" Nico cackled, wrapping his arms around Will's waist, doubling over with laughter.

"He was wearing that outfit," Will added, and Nico promptly crumpled to the floor, convulsing with laughter and bringing Will down with him. Soon they were both clutching at their sides, laughing themselves hoarse.

Their laughter had just begun to die down when suddenly the oven timer went off and Nico practically had to crawl his way into the kitchen, wiping tears off his face.

"He means well," Will said, joining Nico at the kitchen island after having taken a quick pee and brushed his teeth.

"I love your dad, Will," Nico said. "He is from a whole other planet."

"He is, isn't he?" said Will, pouring freshly brewed coffee into two mugs shaped like Viking tankards labeled He and He, an early birthday present Nico had gotten from Lou Ellen, of all people.

"So, are you telling me what you've been planning for days on end, or are we just chilling and Netflix today?" Nico asked, slicing a blueberry muffin in half and placing it on a plate between them.

Will looked at the blueberry muffin innocently severed in half as if it had fallen out of the sky.

Nico frowned at Will's expression, then leaned over to take a whiff at the offending object.

"What?" he asked in concern. "Did I really burn them?"

Will walked round the kitchen island and gathered Nico in his arms.

"Wha –" Nico stammered, but Will cut him short by smashing their mouths together.

"I know it's your birthday," Will said, breaking the kiss. "But I feel like you just gave me the best present ever."

"The harp?" Nico asked in surprise. "Because that was your dad, and I'm pretty sure it was meant for me."

Will kissed him so deeply Nico's arms went limp.

"Time for naked breakfast," Will whispered against Nico's lips, lifting Nico's shirt off and tossing it into the ground.

"Was it the muffins? Cause I like where this is going," said Nico, kicking off his pants once Will had slid them down his legs.

It was the easiest thing, getting worked up into the moment. Once Will's hands found Nico's ass and began kneading at the supple flesh, Nico turned into an animalistic version of himself, pulling Will so close a feather wouldn't have been able to pass between them.

"Just… need… lube," Nico moaned, as he took both their dicks in his hand and began pumping them haphazardly.

Will slid a finger between Nico's ass cheeks, instinctively feeling for his asshole, and was surprised to find a hard object already in place.

"You're wearing a plug?" Will asked huskily.

Nico responded by pulling Will back into the bedroom, looking back at him over his shoulder. As he walked, Will glanced down and saw a thin black strip sticking out from between Nico's ass cheeks.

Will's dick throbbed in response.

When they entered the bedroom, still coated in relative darkness, Nico pulled the curtains open, letting the sunlight fill the room.

Even Will had to shield his eyes at the brightness. Once his eyes got accustomed to the light, he zeroed in on his ridiculously sexy boyfriend kneeling on all fours on the bed and removing the plug form his ass just as he uncapped a bottle of lube.

"Coming?" Nico asked teasingly, and Will didn't need to be told twice.

Taking the bottle of lube from Nico, he coated his fingers with the substance and began to spread it alongside his dick, positioning himself behind Nico, just between his legs.

"Condoms?" Will asked, but Nico straightened up and leaned back against Will's chest, twisting his upper body and throwing an arm behind his head to pull Will in for a kiss.

"Bareback is my wish," whispered Nico, sending ripples down Will's spine.

Will grabbed Nico's dick and began to pump him, sliding a lube-coated finger into him. Two more fingers went in easily, and Nico began to slam himself against Will.

"Fuck me, amore," Nico moaned. "It's my birthday."

"I fucking love you," Will whispered into Nico's ear, just as he began to enter him, feeling Nico lean back into him and swallow him with his ass.

They remained like that for a second, on their knees, Nico's body leaning back against Will's, connected by the erection of the one burrowed deep in the crevice of the other. Will's lube-coated hand squeezed up and down Nico's dick, his other arm holding him steady.

And when one trembled in bliss and abandon, the other quickly followed.

And when Will began to thrust into Nico's ass, their moans and gasps merged into a single wanton, perfectly harmonized sound.

And when Nico's legs gave way and he collapsed forward, landing on all fours, Will grabbed onto his hips and began shoving into him, aiming his thrusts just so, just so, until they were both panting and mumbling incoherently.

And when Nico's arms gave way and he collapsed onto the bed, Will followed suit, his chest flush against Nico's back, and he did not stop pumping into him, he did not stop whispering into Nico's ear I love you, I love you, I fucking love you, Nico. I love you, slamming him into the mattress, his hands roaming across Nico's outstretched arms, strumming his ribs like the strings of a harp, grabbing at his hips, his legs – every inch of skin within his reach.

And when Nico began whimpering underneath him, Will leaned onto his side, pulling Nico with him, driving into him forcefully just as his hand found Nico's engorged, throbbing dick, raw from grinding against the bedsheets, plump and red and ready to burst.

Will almost laughed as he recalled how fast he had come this morning, how confident he had been with regards to his stamina during sex. He wouldn't last another minute at this rate.

And he would have come a lot faster had he known that Nico was seeing sparks behind his eyes, had he known that Nico lay on the verge of forgetting his name, and that with every hard thrust, with every sharp dive of Will's dick, Nico felt like he was being torn apart at the seams by pleasure, desire, absolute wantonness, world-shattering rapture. Will would have come instantly had he been able to see Nico's eyes roll to the back of his head, his jaw gone slack, his neck veins strained to burst, his lips trying to phrase the name Will, Will, Will!

But it would still be a few nights before Will could enjoy the sight of Nico almost losing his mind just as Will fucked him senseless.

"I'm gonna come, I'm gonna –" Will moaned, slamming into Nico as fast as he could, then coming to an abrupt halt, ejaculating deep into Nico's ass, just as Nico shivered in his arms and pumped himself erratically into his own orgasm.

Their sex was usually amazing, but this was a fuck they would both remember for a long time.

They lay on the bed panting for a long, long time.

When Will slid out of Nico, a trail of white droplets followed, and Will thought he had never seen anything so erotic in his life.

Nico turned to face him, his eyes glassy, his lips pale.

They laced their fingers together, as was their custom after sex.

"Happy birthday," Will murmured, his heart feeling like it could burst any second now.

"Will, I –" Nico began, but just as he'd been about to say something really, really important, a horrible scream followed by electric guitars broke the silence. At the same time, the sound of a harp being strummed from high to low joined in the cacophony and both of them reached to opposite sides of the bed to their corresponding bedside tables, reaching for their phones.

"Hello?" they said at the same time.

As two voices spoke from the other side of both lines, they looked at each other, their eyes widening into identical giant saucers.

"Okay," said Will.

"What?" said Nico.

"On my way," they said together, just as they both hung up.

They looked at each other with fear that was reflected in the other's eyes.

"I'm going to be an uncle," Nico muttered.

"I'm going to deliver your nephew," Will added.

"What?!" Nico yelled, just as Will jumped off the bed and began scrambling for clothes.

"Zoe, my Aunt's assistant is unavailable, your sister's in labor –"

"I know she's in labor, Frank's just fucking called me, Will –"

"Don't worry, I'm on it, I've done this a thousand times. Well, maybe about a dozen times, but still, I know what I'm doing, and I'll only be assisting – my aunt will be doing the actual delivery, but still, I'll be there the whole time –"

"Fine, but –"

"And I'm not nervous, don't give me that look. I do too know my way through a woman's body, anatomically speaking, and your nephew will be perfect and well taken care of and –"

"Will!" Nico yelled.

"What?!" Will replied shrilly, just as he put his right shoe on his left foot.

"It's my birthday! You get it, my birthday!"

Will frowned at him. "You… you don't want to share birthdays?"

"Will!" Nico hissed, getting up and pushing Will down on the bed, taking off Will's offending shoe and sliding it into the right foot. "His name is Nico! My name is Nico! The fuck!"

Will took two seconds to take in Nico's words before breaking into a hysterical, nervous laughter.

"People will say 'today's Nico's birthday'," Will said stupidly between chuckles. "Then someone will ask 'which Nico?' and then they'll reply 'Nicos's!' like, plural, but it won't sound like plural, so it'll be confusing. They'll have to say 'both Nicos's'!"

"Please, stop," said Nico. "I love you so goddamn much I can't breathe sometimes, but right now, I really wanna punch you."

Will got up from the bed, his hands shaking.

"Sorry," he said, dragging Nico out of the room, not even noticing that Nico was still wearing his house slippers.

They stumbled out of the room and almost throttled the mysteriously wrapped present, that may or may not be a harp, in the middle of the living room as they ran to the door.

"I'm going to be an uncle," Nico mumbled as he reached for a mask from the box by the door.

"Me too," said Will, stupidly. Then looked at Nico as if hoping for confirmation just as he placed a N-95 mask over his face.

Nico frowned at him, frozen on the spot.

Then Nico reached out and ripped the mask off Will's face, throwing it onto the ground and pulling Will in for a kiss.

"Nico!" Will mumbled against Nico's mouth.

When they broke the kiss, Nico looked a little flushed.

"Sorry, last time, I promise," he said, picking up a new mask and placing it gingerly over Will's nose and mouth.

"I swear to God –" Will threatened, but Nico cut him short.

"You're going to be an uncle," Nico said, kissing Will's mask.

Will stood there for a second just as Nico ran past him and out the door.

"Let's go, Solace! You've a baby to deliver!" Nico yelled at him from down the hall.

Will smiled and followed.